deranger
@deranger@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years 4 days ago:
Detect fires, save lives.
- Comment on Without hierarchies/authority figures, the bootlickers would be totally lost. 🤠 1 week ago:
I’d like to point out that grilling and barbecue are different things. Most guys do not barbecue. Grilling is extremely common, though.
- Comment on CONTACT LEFT! 1 week ago:
“tactically acquired” was a favorite of mine
- Comment on My only response to Discord 2 weeks ago:
Should have used a Texas ID, Mr. Sample.
- Comment on I can't wait for 2016! 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on I can't wait for 2016! 2 weeks ago:
It’s a robot you hook up to your PC or phone and it jerks you off
- Comment on I can't wait for 2016! 2 weeks ago:
The drugs: weed vapes The computer/human interface: VR goggles and a stroker
- Comment on Retro StarCraft prizes 2 weeks ago:
I’ve had about 275 BTC pass through my wallets throughout the years. I actually used it. My friend who was “too stupid” to use it still has 2 of them from the $10 BTC era.
Never saw it as an investment, just something to help me get acid in the mail.
- Comment on ‘Manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women using smart glasses 2 weeks ago:
I recently re-entered the dating pool for the first time in a decade and it’s incredible how much attention I get from just appearing clean, having my shit together, and not posting a picture with me holding a fish. Never got so much attention from women before in my life. Had a date in like one week.
The bar is very, very low. I am sorry, ladies out there.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
Radio is the OG fediverse and I want to promote decentralization and self-sufficiency. Amateur radio is a lot easier and more accessible than you might think.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
No worries! It’s a cool hobby. Getting licensed was a bucket list item, as nerdy as that sounds. Still gotta learn Morse code but I hope to one of these days. Seeing some old heads tapping away at a local HAM event was pretty damn cool.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
I did - I’ve got my general license.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
Honestly I’ve been doing this for like 2 years now and I’ve not really keyed up and transmitted in the amateur radio sense, just GMRS walkie talkie stuff with the homies. Still, it’s super cool being able to listen. Picking up satcom stuff is just neat. I also take it to the airport and listen to the pilots talk with tower/ground crew.
One of these days I’ll transmit for real, but I have no problem following the “LURK MOAR” guideline as applied to amateur radio as I learn the culture.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
You can buy a cheap Chinese HT like a Quansheng UV-K6 for like $40. These have open firmware and there’s a bunch of custom options radio nerds have whipped up. Get the USB programming cable even if you’re not doing custom FW, makes programming frequencies and tweaking options much easier. You’ll also need a license and in the US, HamStudy.org has the exact questions from the test. There’s a ton of YouTube channels you can watch and books you can read for general purpose radio knowledge. Then it’s just a matter of getting a good antenna and pointing it in the right place at the right time; there’s free resources online, paid apps, all that is out there and it’s just a matter of wanting to learn it. The actual hardware you need to get started is really cheap these days.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 3 weeks ago:
You’d be better served learning how to do it yourself. It’s not hard and it’s a pretty cool skill to have (amateur radio).
- Comment on 50ohm goes brrrrrr 3 weeks ago:
They wish they were in an antenna and going out as radio waves, but instead they’re in a dummy load. 50ohm is a common antenna impedance.
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 3 weeks ago:
Locking your phone and Lockdown Mode are drastically different things.
- Comment on He lid 3 weeks ago:
It’s not “he lied” you stupid bot, it’s “he lived”
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 3 weeks ago:
Look ashamed and maybe do a single flash of my hazards.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 3 weeks ago:
Ori isn’t bad. I’d not consider it “souls like” in the slightest.
- Comment on send pics 3 weeks ago:
Ultimately, nothing is waterproof; everything leaks.
- Comment on My muddahs wake. Jeeshush Chrisht! 3 weeks ago:
It’s a Soprano’s quote.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 3 weeks ago:
Other comment is wrong. LD50 = 50% chance of dying. LD99 = 99% chance of dying. The figures I listed are for humans, not mice. LD50 in mice is likely drastically different than LD50 in humans.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 3 weeks ago:
Incorrect. LD50 is lethal dose to kill on average 50% of the time. LD99 is the dose that kills 99% of people.
- Comment on My muddahs wake. Jeeshush Chrisht! 3 weeks ago:
Obviously that’s not possible, even with computers.
- Comment on Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector 3 weeks ago:
This costs “less than $70”.
You can get a cheap Geiger counter for $50 today and it’s about the same size. I see some for $30-40. These are based on old, proven technology, not some new thing with new problems and an app.
Not that it isn’t neat, but it’s kind of a solved problem.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 3 weeks ago:
None of the above. Algorithmically generated playlists based off song/album/artist, decades, genres, top rated tracks, etc. including intelligent auto mixing based on key/BPM with crossfading, and ability to choose tracks not only from your own libraries, but from all libraries shared with you.
- Comment on Designer drugs 3 weeks ago:
Oh man do I ever miss methoxetamine
- Comment on What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets? 4 weeks ago:
That is metabolism. CICO will make literally anyone gain or lose weight. Nothing in the universe violates thermodynamics.
Not eating anything for a month is an eating disorder.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 4 weeks ago:
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